| LASTDANCE | Oscar-winning Donna Summer song, and a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| HOTSTUFF | 1979 Donna Summer song, and a description of 17-, 23-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across |
| ONTHERADIO | Summer song and where you may hear it (2,3,5) |
| REED | Oscar-winning Donna |
| TAILGATE | Pregame festivity site, and a hint to the inserted letters at the starred answers' ends |
| GREENEGGSANDHAM | Sam's book, and a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| RADIOEDIT | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| HEREARESOMETIPS | Advice column starter, or a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| BEE | Busy flier, or a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| DOUBLETEAMS | Gangs up on, in basketball ... or a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| TWO | Right hand's traditional steering wheel position, or a hint to the starred answers' ends |
| YOUYOUYOU | *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues c |
| ATLAST | Etta James song, and a hint to the final letters in both words of the starred clues' answers |
| MAKESASCENE | Rants and raves, or what a director does after saying the starred answers' ends |
| SHORTFILMS | The movies at the starred answers' ends, based on their titles' lengths? |
| CARDS | They're needed to play the starred answers' ends |
| SILVERANDGOLD | Seasonal Burl Ives song, and a hint to the circled letters |
| BRINGTOTERMS | Force an agreement, or what the starred answers' ends complete (Hint: Imagine this answer's first two words in quotes!) |
| ITALIAN | Language that the starred answers' ends are also words in |
| WNBA | Hoops org. whose members that don't end with "s" are at the starred answers' ends |
